cherup
English edit
Noun edit
cherup (plural cherups)
Verb edit
cherup (third-person singular simple present cherups, present participle cheruping or cherupping, simple past and past participle cheruped or cherupped)
- Archaic form of chirrup.
- 1598, Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander:
- Those with sweet water oft her handmaid fills,
Which, as she went, would cherup through the bills.
References edit
- “cherup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.